The Maiden's Tower (Kyz Kalasy)
Build: 800-700 B.C. Outer height: 32-35 meters (105-115 ft) Inner height: 28 meters (92 ft) Wall thickness: 5 - 4 meters (15-13 ft) Number tiers: 8 As you slowly climb the spiral staircase leading up...
View ArticleShirvanshah Palace
The most strirking example of the Medieval palace structures in Azerbaijan is the Shirvanshah Palace complex dating to the middle XV. A state museum now it is open to the thousands of tourists. This...
View ArticleThe Ateshgyakh Fire-Worshippers' Temple
The Ateshgyakh Fire-Worshippers' Temple (18th century) is located within Greater Baku in the village of Surakhany (15 km from Baku). The historical roots of the monument go back to the hoary past, to...
View ArticleGobustan
It is only 70 km. from Baku to this interesting place which can be described as a museum in We open air, where rocks covered with drawings stand amidst a chaos of stones and mountains. There are more...
View ArticleCastles and Towers of Absheron
The Absheron peninsula, being a part of Shirvan, was the site for a peculiar type of defensive structures to have originated and developed due to special social, historical and natural conditions....
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